Midnight's Content
There have been 11 items by Midnight (Search limited from 27-April 23)
#492273 CTD entering Shadow Thief Basement
Posted by Midnight on 15 July 2010 - 09:37 AM in Fade
#492272 CTD entering Shadow Thief Basement
Posted by Midnight on 15 July 2010 - 09:31 AM in Fade
-Midnight
#491727 Ninde
Posted by Midnight on 07 July 2010 - 08:32 PM in Ninde
Ninde is a bg2 npc mod by Deva and K'aeloree of spellhold studios. She is a female elf, NE, with avg stats-(str9, dex15,con10,int16,wis16,chr15). She can be romanced by males of all races and alignments with chr 13+, after they side with Aran Linvail of the shadow thieves. She can be found in Bodhi's vampire lair in the graveyard, on the first level, at the blood pool containing the mace of disruption. She is fairly balanced in terms of power and provides a good caster npc all said and done.
Pros-She comes with a fixed necklace, an ankh that provides her with some special abilities. The rest you can gear out as you wish. Her romance is quite entertaining, but also has a friendship track for those not interested in wooing her. Original portrait included, 3-4 banters with all vanilla npcs, 1 encounter in level six.
Cons-the ankh can be a con in the sense that she wont remove it and there are some good necklaces for casters in the game-I think it originally protected from level drain but it has had some bugs with it-the current fix can provide 100% immunity to poison. You will need to download the Ninde ankh hotfix.rar (see page 2 of her forum and look up Gen1e's reply for the link). No crossmod banter -at this time. No ToB content -again, not at this time. Needs a voice actress! Make SURE to keep alot of saves with her-some of the lovetalks only fire at certain times and/or places (lovetalk 13 only in underdark for instance). I would read up on her lovetalks here on the forums before playing, or you can end up going too fast like I did and having to go back to much earlier save points. Rare occasions of npcs not spawning when they should, npc in chapter six comes to mind.
Overview-I would recommend Ninde! For all her saves and love talk firing issues, Ninde is HIGHLY well thought out and written. She is a lying, conniving, manipulative woman who will use you and anyone else she can to get ahead in this world and make you feel great about it. She is what Vaconia -should- have been in my view. Born to nobility but living in the twilight world of thieves, assassins and vampires, she will make you keep multiple saves just to see her different takes on situations as they occur. She had me wondering till the very end of bg2 if she was going to fall in love with my character or cut his throat. She can work well with good or evil parties, gets along well with Viconia and Haer Dalis'. She is the persona incarnate of wicked, naughty, and evil girls you all loved and hated at the same time. If I had my wish-it would be for the following improvements for her-she needs a sexy voice actress bad! Tob content asap, love talk firings smoothed a tad, cross mod banters (esp with CoMs Miriam Delsol of Vampire Tales as they have so much in common, albeit from different angles). And the ankh hot fix incorporated into the next version. If you want an evil caster for a change of pace, or just want to try a wickedly delicious romance, you should give Ninde a try soon. With me, Ninde earned a solid 7 out 10(bordering on .
PS-all reviews are opinions based on x2 walkthroughs, how much I enjoyed the character and their story, interactions with vanilla npcs, writing style, bugs, and character flexibility. I am not connected with SPH or the writers of the mod. My scale of mods ranges from 1-10, with 5 being middle of the road average. 1 being the worst, 10 being the best. Ninde was a fun mod to play and I thank her designers for the good work on her! -thanks all for reading my review. Until next time, Excelsior!
-Midnight
#491625 lovetalk
Posted by Midnight on 06 July 2010 - 03:24 PM in Ninde
-Midnight
#471062 Tsujatha
Posted by Midnight on 11 December 2009 - 08:03 AM in Baldur's Gate Series
Good idea. I'll go check out the site and register. -MidnightYou really should post this at their forums for all to see.
#471019 Fade
Posted by Midnight on 10 December 2009 - 11:26 PM in Baldur's Gate Series
The basics about Fade-she is a stright up theif(no kit), female, romancable to male pcs, who side with Aran Linvail at his hideout(the shadowthief headquarters in the docks). She is a tiefling -half demon/half elf-all woman. She starts out at lvl 13 which might be higher then you depending on when you get to that point in the game. No outragous gear or powers -though she does start with shadow studded leather +3 (equal to quest reward for killing Mae'Var), and a standard +2 short sword.
Her pros are shes well rounded as a thief, pretty simple to pick up and utilize, with very few problems that plague the standard vanillia npcs--if you trust her to just be a friend/teammember, shes fine with that, the romance is standard in that you have to show trust, friendship without being cruel (you can be naughty though) and shes down with that too. Think of her as the "bad girl/biker chick" from across the tracks dressed up in black leather, and you have a good idea of Fade. She does behave as a fairly good npc though(rated pg), and hates slavers in any shape/form/idea, based on her past. She wont force you into quest decisions though (be careful with evil decisions for slaver quests though). As a shadow thief in good standing, she will give access to a few small extra quests for the shadow thieves (including meeting Arans Mom...), but nothing super hard. For all that she talks about, and is presented as loving "shiny things" and/or being sticky fingered, she doesnt behave like this ingame to the point where the non playable quest-giving NPCs get angry at you.
Her cons are few-her flirt/romance/banters are all SoA content atm, and while you can take her into ToB, shes going to be very quiet. As a stright thief, she lacks some of the sharp definations of the kit rogues(namely super x7 stabbiness of the assassions, etc) but gives up those for overall utility. Shes more entertaining the Yoshimo in my view, but thats just my taste. She does have some quests involving getting kidnapped/vampire/family squables that I dont want to give away spoilers on, but they are not easy-you will have to read the hints carefully and do some deductions/guesswork (I had to forum hunt around for help on one and explored alot for the others). Oh, and minor con-her portrait isnt my personal favorite-but thats just me. I was not able to find any alternate portraits for her at this time.
Overall opinion- Well, Ive run this mod through Soa twice now-Fade is an enjoyable mod that was remarkably free of bugs -major and minor, and will interact quiet well with your pc and party members while in SoA. Shes maintaince free mostly, and wont kill other party members or stomp off; she cant stand Nalia though (rich girl vs poor girl situation), so if you want to see some great bickering banters between them, group them both . The biggest drawback to me is lack of ToB content at the present. For parties looking for a good rogue, you could do far worse. I would give Fade a 7 out 10 on my scale. Until next review folks, Excelsior!!
-Midnight
#469855 Tsujatha
Posted by Midnight on 01 December 2009 - 09:51 AM in Baldur's Gate Series
-Midnight, mod reviewer
#469623 Bug Report
Posted by Midnight on 28 November 2009 - 07:09 PM in Xulaye
Open xulaye/xulaye.tp2 in Notepad (or another text editor), and remove this line:
REQUIRE_FILE ~override/cdbehbla.pro~ ~You must have the BGII Fixpack installed. Please install it before installing Xulaye.~
Then it should install fine. I'd love to hear your thoughts when you're done!
Kewl, glad to hear I wasnt the only one with this bug---didnt have a good save to correct it this run, but maybe on next one. I had instaled Xulaye, then the fixpack last; ill correct that next time.
-Midnight, mod reviewer
#469104 Kelsey
Posted by Midnight on 23 November 2009 - 03:13 PM in Baldur's Gate Series
#468407 Replaying BGII for the first time in ever!
Posted by Midnight on 18 November 2009 - 08:40 AM in Baldur's Gate Series
"playing it again for the first time"? hehe, sounds like me. Anyhoo, I assume you played bg2 long ago and have come back to give it another go. If not, I would suggest playing it stright through with no mods (other than the official patch, and the b3 fixpack v.. If your looking for some mods though, the quality ones Ive seen so far are the g3 tweekpack, dungeon be gone, banterpack (for more chatty npc interactions), unfinished bussiness, item pack, item upgrade v.37, and one or two (at most) npc mods. I suggest no more than 2 custom npcs for 2 reasons. They sometimes trip over each other in an attempt to say/do stuff, and also, you will enjoy their interactions with the vanillia npcs more I think(unless you have compatable custom npcs that work with cross mod npc interaction). Sounds like your going for the "evil" group route with edward; np. I would suggest then -Edward, Yoshimo, Korgan, Viconia, Yourself, and the last spot saved for quest npcs or whoever ya like. I havent tried any of the evil custom npc mods -yet- but Im sure some other readers here can point you to some. Some of the better "good" custom npcs are Saerileth, Fade, Tashia, Kelsey, and Keto. Hope that helps some. -MidnightHey I recently installed BGII on my new computer and I've been playing it again for the first time in like ever.
I don't remember any mods I used to have though. Right now I pretty much have Kulyok's Xan installed and that's about it. Can anybody tell me some neat stuff to put on here? Also, possible party suggestions? I'm looking to put in some party members I've never had before. For example this is the first time I've EVER had Edwin on my party in BGII. I remember he was pretty cool in BGI though so he's there now. He's still pretty cool. I love his asshole-ness. Um anyways. Suggestions would be nice. Yeah. I wanna have a new experience this time around.
#468330 Saerileth
Posted by Midnight on 17 November 2009 - 04:56 PM in Baldur's Gate Series
Im also reviewing Fade, Kelsey, and Keto next month, if your interested in catching my review then, even though im sure they have tons of reviews atm, just adding my 2 cents. Tilll then kids, Excelsior! -Midnight, mod reviewer
- Spellhold Studios
- → Midnight's Content
- Guidelines